"Helvetia, cum Finitimis Regionibus Confoederatis", Blaeu, Willem
Subject: Switzerland
Period: 1643 (circa)
Publication: Theatre du Monde ou Nouvel Atlas
Color: Hand Color
Size:
19.9 x 15.3 inches
50.5 x 38.9 cm
Great map of the whole of Switzerland based on the cartography of Gerard Mercator. Graphically depicting the mountainous region and densely engraved with information including even the tiniest villages. Embellished with a strapwork title cartouche and two scale of miles cartouches, one of which includes a vignette of two gentlemen. French text on verso, published between 1643-50.
References: Van der Krogt (Vol. II) #4900:2.
Condition: A
A dark impression with full contemporary color on a watermarked sheet with light printer's ink residue and some extraneous creasing along the centerfold.
